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<p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planet_discoverers" title="List of minor planet discoverers">Discovered by</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Purple_Mountain_Observatory" title="Purple Mountain Observatory">Purple Mountain Obs.</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Terrestrial-impact_Last_Alert_System" title="Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System">ATLAS</a>–<a href="/wiki/South_African_Astronomical_Observatory" title="South African Astronomical Observatory">SAAO</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_observatory_codes" title="List of observatory codes">M22</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Discovery date</th><td class="infobox-data">9 January 2023</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#FFE0C2">Designations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Minor-planet_designation" title="Minor-planet designation">MPC designation</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">C/2023 A3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Provisional_designation_in_astronomy" title="Provisional designation in astronomy">Alternative designations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">A10SVYR<sup id="cite_ref-MPEC_2023-D77_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEC_2023-D77-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#FFE0C2"><a href="/wiki/Osculating_orbit" title="Osculating orbit">Orbital characteristics</a><sup id="cite_ref-barycenter_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barycenter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jpl_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Perihelion_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perihelion-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Observation_arc" title="Observation arc">Observation arc</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1.37 years (502 days)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Earliest <a href="/wiki/Precovery" title="Precovery">precovery</a> date</th><td class="infobox-data">9 April 2022</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Number of<br />observations</th><td class="infobox-data">2,060</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Aphelion</a></th><td class="infobox-data">≈380,000 <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_unit" title="Astronomical unit">AU</a> (inbound)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perihelion</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.3914 AU (58.6 million km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Semi-major_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-major axis">Semi-major axis</a></th><td class="infobox-data">≈190,000 <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_unit" title="Astronomical unit">AU</a> (inbound)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity" title="Orbital eccentricity">Eccentricity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6999999979700000000♠"></span>0.999<span style="margin-left:.25em;">9797</span></span> (inbound)<br /><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7000100003530000000♠"></span>1.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">0353</span></span> (outbound)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Orbital period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">≈ 83 million years (inbound)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hyperbolic_trajectory" title="Hyperbolic trajectory">Ejection trajectory</a> (outbound)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Max. <a href="/wiki/Orbital_speed" title="Orbital speed">orbital speed</a></th><td class="infobox-data">67.33 km/s</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td 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href="/wiki/Minimum_orbit_intersection_distance" title="Minimum orbit intersection distance">MOID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.275 AU (41.1 million km; 107 LD)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#FFE0C2"><span class="anchor" id="Infobox_Physical_characteristics"></span> Physical characteristics<sup id="cite_ref-jpl_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Absolute_magnitude#Cometary_magnitudes" title="Absolute magnitude">Comet total<br />magnitude</a> (M1)</th><td class="infobox-data">6.5<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;">Comet nuclear<br />magnitude (M2)</th><td class="infobox-data">9.2 ± 0.3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;line-height:1.2em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">Apparent magnitude</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">–4.9<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2024 perihelion)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Comet (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)</b>, also known as the <b>Great Comet of 2024</b> and formally designated as <b>C/2023 A3</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comet</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Oort_cloud" title="Oort cloud">Oort cloud</a> discovered by the <a href="/wiki/Purple_Mountain_Observatory" title="Purple Mountain Observatory">Purple Mountain Observatory</a> in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> on 9 January 2023 and independently found by <a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Terrestrial-impact_Last_Alert_System" title="Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System">ATLAS</a> South Africa on 22 February 2023. The comet passed <a href="/wiki/Perihelion" class="mw-redirect" title="Perihelion">perihelion</a> at a distance of 0.39 AU (58 million km; 36 million mi) on 27 September 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-MPEC_2023-D77_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEC_2023-D77-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Perihelion_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perihelion-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when it became visible to the <a href="/wiki/Naked_eye" title="Naked eye">naked eye</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cobsobslist_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cobsobslist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tsuchinshan–ATLAS peaked its brightest magnitude on 9 October, shortly after passing the Sun, with a magnitude of −4.9 per reported observations at the Comet Observation Database (COBS).<sup id="cite_ref-cobsobslist_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cobsobslist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Observational_history">Observational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Observational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery">Discovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_A10SVYR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Comet_A10SVYR.jpg/220px-Comet_A10SVYR.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Comet_A10SVYR.jpg/330px-Comet_A10SVYR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Comet_A10SVYR.jpg/440px-Comet_A10SVYR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1292" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>Images of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) obtained on 2023-02-24 at remote telescopes by an amateur astronomer</figcaption></figure> <p>The systematic search performed by the <a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Terrestrial-impact_Last_Alert_System" title="Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System">Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System</a> detected an asteroidal object with an estimated <a href="/wiki/Magnitude_(astronomy)" title="Magnitude (astronomy)">magnitude</a> of 18.1 in images taken on 22 February 2023 using the 0.5 m f/2 <a href="/wiki/Schmidt_camera" title="Schmidt camera">Schmidt reflector</a> at the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Astronomical_Observatory" title="South African Astronomical Observatory">Sutherland Observatory</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, when the comet was about 7.3 AU (1.09 billion km; 680 million mi) from the Sun.<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5228_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the first orbit calculations, it was noticed that it was the same as an 18.7 magnitude object reported to the <a href="/wiki/Minor_Planet_Center" title="Minor Planet Center">Minor Planet Center</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Purple_Mountain_Observatory" title="Purple Mountain Observatory">Purple Mountain Observatory</a> (<i>Zijinshan</i> in <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a>, <i>Tsuchinshan</i> in <a href="/wiki/Chinese_postal_romanization" title="Chinese postal romanization">postal romanization</a>, the latter form being traditional for discoveries from this observatory<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5228_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) which was detected in images taken on 9 January 2023. It had been entered in the objects awaiting confirmation list, but had been removed on 30 January 2023 after no follow up observations were reported and the uncertainty on its predicted position grew to the point that it was considered <a href="/wiki/Lost_minor_planet" title="Lost minor planet">lost</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5228_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on the naming conventions for comets, it received the name of both observatories.<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5228_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The object was subsequently <a href="/wiki/Precovery" title="Precovery">detected in older images</a> taken by the <a href="/wiki/Zwicky_Transient_Facility" title="Zwicky Transient Facility">Zwicky Transient Facility</a> (ZTF) in <a href="/wiki/Palomar_Observatory" title="Palomar Observatory">Palomar Observatory</a> on 22 December 2022, when it had a magnitude of 19.2–19.6. These deeper and better resolved images also revealed it had a very condensed <a href="/wiki/Coma_(cometary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coma (cometary)">coma</a> and a small straight tail 10 <a href="/wiki/Minute_and_second_of_arc" title="Minute and second of arc">arcseconds</a> in length, indicating it was a comet.<sup id="cite_ref-MPEC_2023-D77_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPEC_2023-D77-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More evidence of cometary activity was later reported by Hidetaka Sato, M. Mattiazzo and Cristóvão Jacques.<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5228_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towards_perihelion">Towards perihelion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Towards perihelion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comete-c-2023-A3-Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Comete-c-2023-A3-Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS.gif/220px-Comete-c-2023-A3-Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Comete-c-2023-A3-Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS.gif/330px-Comete-c-2023-A3-Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Comete-c-2023-A3-Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS.gif/440px-Comete-c-2023-A3-Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS.gif 2x" data-file-width="938" data-file-height="858" /></a><figcaption>A time-lapse of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) captured on 10 May 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>By January 2024, the comet had brightened to an apparent magnitude of 13.6 and according to Bob King, author in <i><a href="/wiki/Sky_%26_Telescope" title="Sky & Telescope">Sky & Telescope</a></i> magazine, was visible through 15-inch telescopes at ×142 magnification.<sup id="cite_ref-King2024Comets_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King2024Comets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The comet was then moving through the constellations of <a href="/wiki/Libra_(constellation)" title="Libra (constellation)">Libra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virgo_(constellation)" title="Virgo (constellation)">Virgo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-King2024Comets_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King2024Comets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of April it had brightened to about magnitude 10 and could be observed through small telescopes, showing a short tail.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Spectrum" title="Spectrum">spectrum</a> of the comet on 31 May 2024, when the comet was 2.33 AU from the Sun, indicated strong <a href="/wiki/Cyanide" title="Cyanide">cyanide</a> emission and that the comet is carbon depleted.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The comet had a large dust-to-gas ratio.<sup id="cite_ref-ATel16705_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATel16705-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May and June the brightening rate of the comet slowed, with the comet staying between magnitudes 10 and 11, while a dusty tail measuring 5 to 15 arcminutes long was observed visually to extend eastwards.<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5404_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5404-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Astronomer <a href="/wiki/Zdenek_Sekanina" title="Zdenek Sekanina">Zdenek Sekanina</a> suggested that this indicates that the comet nucleus has been fragmenting, with the fragmentation starting in late March, as indicated by an increase in the brightening rate and the subsequent decrease in dust production, the narrow teardrop-shaped dust tail, and non-gravitional changes in the orbit. He predicted that the comet would disintegrate before perihelion.<sup id="cite_ref-SekaninaEndgame_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SekaninaEndgame-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Observations of the comet with <a href="/wiki/TRAPPIST" title="TRAPPIST">TRAPPIST</a> robotic telescope indicate that dust production reached a minimum in May, when the comet was near a <a href="/wiki/Phase_angle_(astronomy)" title="Phase angle (astronomy)">phase angle</a> of zero, and started to increase again one month later, while gas production rates increased slowly throughout that period.<sup id="cite_ref-ATel16705_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATel16705-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mid June the comet entered the constellation of <a href="/wiki/Leo_(constellation)" title="Leo (constellation)">Leo</a>, in the evening sky.<sup id="cite_ref-King2024Comets_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King2024Comets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early July, a faint ion tail measuring about one and half degree in length was observed photographically.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After mid July the comet was lost in the Sun's glare until September.<sup id="cite_ref-King2024Comets_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King2024Comets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August the comet was observed by <a href="/wiki/STEREO" title="STEREO">STEREO</a> spacecraft to brighten steadily to an apparent magnitude of 7.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Perihelion">Perihelion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Perihelion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:C2023_A3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photograph of the comet in twilight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/C2023_A3.png/300px-C2023_A3.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/C2023_A3.png/450px-C2023_A3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/C2023_A3.png/600px-C2023_A3.png 2x" data-file-width="5378" data-file-height="2893" /></a><figcaption>C/2023 A3 taken from <a href="/wiki/Murrays_Bay" title="Murrays Bay">Murrays Bay</a>, Auckland, New Zealand, on 28 September 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>The comet was recovered by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Lovejoy" title="Terry Lovejoy">Terry Lovejoy</a> in the morning twilight on 11 September 2024, when it was located in the constellation of Sextans, at a magnitude of 5.5.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The comet was spotted with the naked eye and photographed by astronaut <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Dominick" title="Matthew Dominick">Matthew Dominick</a> on board the <a href="/wiki/ISS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISS">ISS</a> on 20 September, followed by fellow astronaut <a href="/wiki/Donald_Pettit" title="Donald Pettit">Donald Pettit</a> two days later.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first naked eye observation of the comet from Earth was reported on 23 September, with the comet having an estimated magnitude of 3.3, while its tail was reported to be 2.5 degrees long when it was observed with binoculars.<sup id="cite_ref-cobsobslist_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cobsobslist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the last week of September it was located in the dawn sky, better visible from the Southern Hemisphere, and it was predicted to have brightened to second magnitude. Perihelion took place on 27 September.<sup id="cite_ref-King2024Comets_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King2024Comets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1 October the comet had brightened to magnitude 2<sup id="cite_ref-cobsobslist_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cobsobslist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its tail was estimated to be 10–12 degrees long.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early October the comet's <a href="/wiki/Spectrum" title="Spectrum">spectrum</a> featured prominent <a href="/wiki/Sodium" title="Sodium">sodium</a> d lines but it was depleted in carbon bearing species.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that it moved again in <a href="/wiki/Conjunction_(astronomy)" title="Conjunction (astronomy)">conjunction</a> with the Sun.<sup id="cite_ref-King2024Comets_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King2024Comets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 October the apparent magnitude was estimated to be 1.3.<sup id="cite_ref-CBET5468_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBET5468-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 October the comet entered the field of view of the <a href="/wiki/Solar_and_Heliospheric_Observatory" title="Solar and Heliospheric Observatory">SOHO</a> <a href="/wiki/Coronagraph" title="Coronagraph">Coronagraph</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and continued to be visible until 11 October.<sup id="cite_ref-NASASOHO_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASASOHO-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Petr_Hor%C3%A1lek" title="Petr Horálek">Petr Horálek</a> managed to photograph the comet in broad daylight on 8 October.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 October 2024, the comet was 3.5 degrees from the Sun.<sup id="cite_ref-SolarEl_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SolarEl-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The comet was seen to brighten to a magnitude of −4.9 on that day,<sup id="cite_ref-cobsobslist_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cobsobslist-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming one of the brightest comets of the past century. The total magnitude within 5 arcminutes of the nucleus peaked at −2.9.<sup id="cite_ref-CBET5468_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBET5468-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the second brightest comet viewed by SOHO since its launch in 1995, after <a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught" title="Comet McNaught">comet McNaught</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-NASASOHO_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASASOHO-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No observations of the comet with naked eye in daylight were reported, indicating a peak visual magnitude of −2 to −3, while observations of the comet on 9 October with binoculars indicated an apparent magniude of −3.<sup id="cite_ref-CBET5468_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBET5468-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The comet was recovered in the evening sky on 10 October<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the next days became visible with the naked eye.<sup id="cite_ref-King2024Comets_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King2024Comets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It made its <a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">closest approach to Earth</a> on 12 October at a distance of 71 million km (44 million mi).<sup id="cite_ref-WillCometBeBrightest_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WillCometBeBrightest-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On that day the comet was estimated to have an apparent magniude of 0 and its tail was estimated to be 4 degrees long.<sup id="cite_ref-CBET5468_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBET5468-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The comet after that became dimmer, as it moves away from both the Earth and the Sun, however as the elongation became higher, it was easier to spot, despite the brightening Moon.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earth crossed the orbital plane of the comet on 14 October and as a result an <a href="/wiki/Anti-tail" title="Anti-tail">anti-tail</a> was observed.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 October the tail was estimated to be over 20 degrees long photographically.<sup id="cite_ref-CBET5468_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBET5468-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The comet faded quickly and by 20 October it had dimmed to 4th magnitude,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however the tail was reported to be 10 degrees long with <a href="/wiki/Averted_vision" title="Averted vision">averted vision</a> under dark skies and 17.5 degrees long photographically.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2 November the comet had faded to below magnitude +6 and was no longer visible with naked eye.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 22 and 26 October 2024, the comet was observed with the Échelle spectrograph FLECHAS, which is operated at the 90 cm telescope of the observatory of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. In the recorded spectra of the comet, strong emission lines of C<sub>2</sub>, NH<sub>2</sub>, atomic oxygen and sodium were detected in the wavelength range between 500 and 700 nm. A significant decrease in the strength of the sodium emission lines was observed during the observation period.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In further spectra of the comet, which were taken with FLECHAS on 3 November 2024, sodium could no longer be detected in emission.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 October and again on 11 November, the comet was formally dubbed <i>the Great Comet of 2024</i> by NASA.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2024_October_21_–_Comet_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_over_California_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024_October_21_–_Comet_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_over_California-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2024_November_11_–_The_Unusual_Tails_of_Comet_Tsuchinshan_ATLAS_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024_November_11_–_The_Unusual_Tails_of_Comet_Tsuchinshan_ATLAS-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brightness_predictions">Brightness predictions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Brightness predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When first discovered, the comet was predicted to reach a total magnitude of +3 during perihelion, assuming an <a href="/wiki/Absolute_magnitude#Cometary_magnitudes" title="Absolute magnitude">absolute magnitude</a> (<i>H</i>) of 7 and 2.5n = 8, when it would have a small <a href="/wiki/Elongation_(astronomy)" title="Elongation (astronomy)">solar elongation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5228_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Better visibility was predicted about three weeks after perihelion, in mid-October, when it would be around fourth magnitude.<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5228_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gideon van Buitenen estimated that the comet would reach a magnitude of 0.9 during perihelion and −0.2 at the time of closest approach to Earth, assuming <i>H</i> = 5.2 and 2.5n = 10, and would benefit from the effects of <a href="/wiki/Forward_scattering" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward scattering">forward scattering</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yoshida_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yoshida-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Revised data from June 2024 suggested that the comet would brighten to an apparent magnitude of 2.2, assuming <i>H</i> = 6 and 2.5n = 7.5, which is the average brightening rate of long-period comets in the inner Solar System. However, the comet was expected to be at least one magnitude brighter due to the effects of forward scattering, which could boost the brightness by several magnitudes around the peak of the effect on 9.8 October 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5404_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5404-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More calculations from early September indicated that accounting for forward scattering, the comet would be brighter than magnitude 0 between 5 and 13 October and peak at over −4 on 9 October, brightening by almost 6 magnitudes due to <a href="/wiki/Forward_scattering" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward scattering">forward scattering</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orbit">Orbit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Orbit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Animation_of_C-2023_A3_around_Sun.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Animation_of_C-2023_A3_around_Sun.gif/220px-Animation_of_C-2023_A3_around_Sun.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Animation_of_C-2023_A3_around_Sun.gif/330px-Animation_of_C-2023_A3_around_Sun.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Animation_of_C-2023_A3_around_Sun.gif/440px-Animation_of_C-2023_A3_around_Sun.gif 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>Animation of C/2023 A3 around Sun<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:magenta; color:black;"> </span> C/2023 A3</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: Yellow; color:black;"> </span> Sun</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: Lime; color:black;"> </span> Mercury</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: Cyan; color:black;"> </span> Venus</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: RoyalBlue ; color:white;"> </span> Earth</span> <b>·</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: Gold; color:black;"> </span> Mars</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The comet has a <a href="/wiki/Retrograde_and_prograde_motion" title="Retrograde and prograde motion">retrograde orbit</a>, lying at an inclination of 139°. Τhe comet had its <a href="/wiki/Perihelion" class="mw-redirect" title="Perihelion">perihelion</a> on 27 September 2024, at a distance of 0.391 AU. Τhe closest approach to Earth was on 12 October 2024, at a distance of 0.47 AU. The comet does not approach close to the <a href="/wiki/Giant_planet" title="Giant planet">giant planets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Solar_System" title="Solar System">Solar System</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbet5228_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbet5228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The orbit is weakly bound to the Sun before entering the planetary region of the Solar System.<sup id="cite_ref-barycenter_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barycenter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to planetary <a href="/wiki/Perturbation_(astronomy)" title="Perturbation (astronomy)">perturbations</a>, the outbound orbit will become <a href="/wiki/Hyperbolic_trajectory" title="Hyperbolic trajectory">hyperbolic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-barycenter_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barycenter-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This weakly hyperbolic trajectory may or may not result in the comet being ejected from the Solar System. It is expected to be 200 AU from the Sun in the year 2237.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="CA"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.9em;"> <caption>C/2023 A3 closest Earth approach on 12 October 2024<sup id="cite_ref-jpl_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Date and time of closest approach </th> <th>Earth distance<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>(<a href="/wiki/Astronomical_unit" title="Astronomical unit">AU</a>) </th> <th>Sun distance<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>(AU) </th> <th>Velocity relative to Earth<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>(km/s) </th> <th>Velocity relative to Sun<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>(km/s) </th> <th>Uncertainty region<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>(<a href="/wiki/3-sigma" class="mw-redirect" title="3-sigma">3-sigma</a>) </th> <th>Constellation </th> <th>Moon illumination </th> <th>Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td>2024 October 12, 15:18 ± 15 min</td> <td>0.47241 <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_unit" title="Astronomical unit">AU</a> (70.672 million <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">km</a>; 43.913 million <a href="/wiki/Mile" title="Mile">mi</a>; 183.85 <a href="/wiki/Lunar_distance_(astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar distance (astronomy)">LD</a>)</td> <td>0.55619 AU (83.205 million km; 51.701 million mi; 216.45 LD)</td> <td>80.5</td> <td>56.5</td> <td>±7 thousand km</td> <td>Virgo</td> <td>70%</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerycaption">Positions of the comet C/2023 A3 near 2024 perihelion</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 535px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 530px; height: 330px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C2023.A3.8-9.2024.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The position of comet C/2023 A3 in August and September 2024 with the expected apparent magnitudes. The comet is located in the constellation Leo between the two stars 55 and 57 Leonis about six degrees south of the ecliptic at the beginning of August and then moves towards the constellation Sextans. With increasing apparent brightness, it turns back toward the constellation Leo in the second half of September at maximum southern ecliptic latitude (just under 14 degrees of arc)."><img alt="The position of comet C/2023 A3 in August and September 2024 with the expected apparent magnitudes. The comet is located in the constellation Leo between the two stars 55 and 57 Leonis about six degrees south of the ecliptic at the beginning of August and then moves towards the constellation Sextans. With increasing apparent brightness, it turns back toward the constellation Leo in the second half of September at maximum southern ecliptic latitude (just under 14 degrees of arc)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/C2023.A3.8-9.2024.png/500px-C2023.A3.8-9.2024.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/C2023.A3.8-9.2024.png/750px-C2023.A3.8-9.2024.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/C2023.A3.8-9.2024.png/1000px-C2023.A3.8-9.2024.png 2x" data-file-width="3651" data-file-height="1880" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The position of comet C/2023 A3 in August and September 2024 with the expected apparent magnitudes. The comet is located in the constellation <a href="/wiki/Leo_(constellation)" title="Leo (constellation)">Leo</a> between the two stars 55 and 57 Leonis about six degrees south of the <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a> at the beginning of August and then moves towards the constellation <a href="/wiki/Sextans" title="Sextans">Sextans</a>. With increasing apparent brightness, it turns back toward the constellation Leo in the second half of September at maximum southern ecliptic latitude (just under 14 degrees of arc).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 535px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 530px; height: 330px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C2023.A3.10.2024.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The position of comet C/2023 A3 in October 2024. The comet is located in the southernmost tip of the constellation Leo about ten degrees south of the ecliptic and moves in the first half of the month with decreasing apparent brightness across the constellation Virgo. It then moves into the western head of the constellation Serpens Caput, and then moves across the constellation Ophiuchus. By the end of the month, the comet reaches a northern ecliptic latitude of just over 27 degrees of arc. Therefore, in the second half of October the comet should be well visible on the western horizon after sunset."><img alt="The position of comet C/2023 A3 in October 2024. The comet is located in the southernmost tip of the constellation Leo about ten degrees south of the ecliptic and moves in the first half of the month with decreasing apparent brightness across the constellation Virgo. It then moves into the western head of the constellation Serpens Caput, and then moves across the constellation Ophiuchus. By the end of the month, the comet reaches a northern ecliptic latitude of just over 27 degrees of arc. Therefore, in the second half of October the comet should be well visible on the western horizon after sunset." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/C2023.A3.10.2024.png/500px-C2023.A3.10.2024.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/C2023.A3.10.2024.png/750px-C2023.A3.10.2024.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/C2023.A3.10.2024.png/1000px-C2023.A3.10.2024.png 2x" data-file-width="3579" data-file-height="1970" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The position of comet C/2023 A3 in October 2024. The comet is located in the southernmost tip of the constellation Leo about ten degrees south of the ecliptic and moves in the first half of the month with decreasing apparent brightness across the <a href="/wiki/Virgo_(constellation)" title="Virgo (constellation)">constellation Virgo</a>. It then moves into the western head of the constellation <a href="/wiki/Serpens_Caput" class="mw-redirect" title="Serpens Caput">Serpens Caput</a>, and then moves across the constellation <a href="/wiki/Ophiuchus" title="Ophiuchus">Ophiuchus</a>. By the end of the month, the comet reaches a northern ecliptic latitude of just over 27 degrees of arc. Therefore, in the second half of October the comet should be well visible on the western horizon after sunset.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All timestamps are in their local timezone and 2024 unless stated otherwise. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C2023A3_2024-06-10.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 10 June, as seen through a 20 cm reflector f/4 telescope"><img alt="On 10 June, as seen through a 20 cm reflector f/4 telescope" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/C2023A3_2024-06-10.jpg/120px-C2023A3_2024-06-10.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/C2023A3_2024-06-10.jpg/180px-C2023A3_2024-06-10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/C2023A3_2024-06-10.jpg/240px-C2023A3_2024-06-10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1716" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 10 June, as seen through a 20 cm reflector f/4 telescope</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_C2023_A3_photographed_from_the_International_Space_Station_(ISS071E700447).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 22 September from the ISS"><img alt="On 22 September from the ISS" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Comet_C2023_A3_photographed_from_the_International_Space_Station_%28ISS071E700447%29.jpg/120px-Comet_C2023_A3_photographed_from_the_International_Space_Station_%28ISS071E700447%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Comet_C2023_A3_photographed_from_the_International_Space_Station_%28ISS071E700447%29.jpg/180px-Comet_C2023_A3_photographed_from_the_International_Space_Station_%28ISS071E700447%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Comet_C2023_A3_photographed_from_the_International_Space_Station_%28ISS071E700447%29.jpg/240px-Comet_C2023_A3_photographed_from_the_International_Space_Station_%28ISS071E700447%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8256" data-file-height="5504" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 22 September from <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">the ISS</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_C-2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)_from_Chile_(IMG_4135-CC).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 25 September at 05:24 from Chile"><img alt="On 25 September at 05:24 from Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Comet_C-2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29_from_Chile_%28IMG_4135-CC%29.jpg/80px-Comet_C-2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29_from_Chile_%28IMG_4135-CC%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Comet_C-2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29_from_Chile_%28IMG_4135-CC%29.jpg/120px-Comet_C-2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29_from_Chile_%28IMG_4135-CC%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Comet_C-2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29_from_Chile_%28IMG_4135-CC%29.jpg/160px-Comet_C-2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29_from_Chile_%28IMG_4135-CC%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 25 September at 05:24 from <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan-ATLAS).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 28 September at 06:39 from Gran Canaria, Spain"><img alt="On 28 September at 06:39 from Gran Canaria, Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan-ATLAS%29.jpg/120px-2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan-ATLAS%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan-ATLAS%29.jpg/180px-2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan-ATLAS%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan-ATLAS%29.jpg/240px-2023_A3_%28Tsuchinshan-ATLAS%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6960" data-file-height="4640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 28 September at 06:39 from <a href="/wiki/Gran_Canaria" title="Gran Canaria">Gran Canaria</a>, Spain</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 2 October at 05:00 from Victoria, Australia"><img alt="On 2 October at 05:00 from Victoria, Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.jpg/120px-2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.jpg/180px-2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.jpg/240px-2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5626" data-file-height="3756" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 2 October at 05:00 from <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, Australia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_2023_A3_2024-10-12.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On October 12, 2024, from Tucson, AZ."><img alt="On October 12, 2024, from Tucson, AZ." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Comet_2023_A3_2024-10-12.jpg/120px-Comet_2023_A3_2024-10-12.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Comet_2023_A3_2024-10-12.jpg/180px-Comet_2023_A3_2024-10-12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Comet_2023_A3_2024-10-12.jpg/240px-Comet_2023_A3_2024-10-12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2001" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On October 12, 2024, from <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_AZ" class="mw-redirect" title="Tucson, AZ">Tucson, AZ</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_over_the_Grand_Canyon,_Oct_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 12 October at 19:54 from the Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States."><img alt="On 12 October at 19:54 from the Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_over_the_Grand_Canyon%2C_Oct_14.jpg/120px-C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_over_the_Grand_Canyon%2C_Oct_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_over_the_Grand_Canyon%2C_Oct_14.jpg/180px-C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_over_the_Grand_Canyon%2C_Oct_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_over_the_Grand_Canyon%2C_Oct_14.jpg/240px-C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_over_the_Grand_Canyon%2C_Oct_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8256" data-file-height="5504" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 12 October at 19:54 from the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Canyon" title="Grand Canyon">Grand Canyon</a>, Arizona, United States.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_2024-10-13.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On October 13, 2024, Zoomed in from Tucson, AZ"><img alt="On October 13, 2024, Zoomed in from Tucson, AZ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Comet_2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_2024-10-13.jpg/80px-Comet_2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_2024-10-13.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Comet_2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_2024-10-13.jpg/120px-Comet_2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_2024-10-13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Comet_2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_2024-10-13.jpg/159px-Comet_2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_2024-10-13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1804" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On October 13, 2024, Zoomed in from <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_AZ" class="mw-redirect" title="Tucson, AZ">Tucson, AZ</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_A3_2023_Tsuchinshan-Atlas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 14 October at 20:00 with a prominent "anti-tail", from Tucson, AZ"><img alt="On 14 October at 20:00 with a prominent "anti-tail", from Tucson, AZ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Comet_A3_2023_Tsuchinshan-Atlas.jpg/75px-Comet_A3_2023_Tsuchinshan-Atlas.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Comet_A3_2023_Tsuchinshan-Atlas.jpg/112px-Comet_A3_2023_Tsuchinshan-Atlas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Comet_A3_2023_Tsuchinshan-Atlas.jpg/150px-Comet_A3_2023_Tsuchinshan-Atlas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2885" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 14 October at 20:00 with a prominent "anti-tail", from <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_AZ" class="mw-redirect" title="Tucson, AZ">Tucson, AZ</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_Mountain_View_October_2024_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 14 October at 19:35 from Mountain View, California"><img alt="On 14 October at 19:35 from Mountain View, California" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_Mountain_View_October_2024_001.jpg/80px-C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_Mountain_View_October_2024_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_Mountain_View_October_2024_001.jpg/120px-C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_Mountain_View_October_2024_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_Mountain_View_October_2024_001.jpg/160px-C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_Mountain_View_October_2024_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4016" data-file-height="6016" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 14 October at 19:35 from <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View, California</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A1-2023_A3_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 14 October from Ukrainian Carpathians, Ukraine"><img alt="On 14 October from Ukrainian Carpathians, Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/%D0%A1-2023_A3_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.jpg/85px-%D0%A1-2023_A3_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/%D0%A1-2023_A3_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.jpg/127px-%D0%A1-2023_A3_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/%D0%A1-2023_A3_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.jpg/170px-%D0%A1-2023_A3_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2121" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 14 October from <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Carpathians" title="Ukrainian Carpathians">Ukrainian Carpathians</a>, Ukraine</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_and_Milky_Way_over_Canary_Hot_Springs.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 20 October at 20:16 from Yellowstone National Park"><img alt="On 20 October at 20:16 from Yellowstone National Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Comet_C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_and_Milky_Way_over_Canary_Hot_Springs.jpg/120px-Comet_C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_and_Milky_Way_over_Canary_Hot_Springs.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Comet_C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_and_Milky_Way_over_Canary_Hot_Springs.jpg/180px-Comet_C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_and_Milky_Way_over_Canary_Hot_Springs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Comet_C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_and_Milky_Way_over_Canary_Hot_Springs.jpg/240px-Comet_C2023_A3_Tsuchinshan-ATLAS_and_Milky_Way_over_Canary_Hot_Springs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7597" data-file-height="5067" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 20 October at 20:16 from <a href="/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park" title="Yellowstone National Park">Yellowstone National Park</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C2023A3_2024-10-27_135mm.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On 27 October from Crete, Greece"><img alt="On 27 October from Crete, Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/C2023A3_2024-10-27_135mm.jpg/86px-C2023A3_2024-10-27_135mm.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/C2023A3_2024-10-27_135mm.jpg/129px-C2023A3_2024-10-27_135mm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/C2023A3_2024-10-27_135mm.jpg/172px-C2023A3_2024-10-27_135mm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3387" data-file-height="4718" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On 27 October from <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1956_R1_(Arend%E2%80%93Roland)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1956 R1 (Arend–Roland)">C/1956 R1 (Arend–Roland)</a> − another bright comet with prominent anti-tail. Also the <b>Great Comet of 1957</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2024_G3_(ATLAS)" title="C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)">C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)</a> – a comet that also became bright in January 2025, three months after Tsuchinshan–ATLAS.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2024_S1_(ATLAS)" title="C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)">C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)</a> – a <a href="/wiki/Kreutz_sungrazer" title="Kreutz sungrazer">Kreutz sungrazer</a> comet that was expected to be visible to the naked eye two weeks after Tsuchinshan–ATLAS but disintegrated instead</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-MPEC_2023-D77-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MPEC_2023-D77_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MPEC_2023-D77_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MPEC_2023-D77_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MPEC_2023-D77_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K23/K23D77.html">"MPEC 2023-D77 : COMET C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)"</a>. <i>minorplanetcenter.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 March</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=minorplanetcenter.net&rft.atitle=MPEC+2023-D77+%3A+COMET+C%2F2023+A3+%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fminorplanetcenter.net%2Fmpec%2FK23%2FK23D77.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AC%2F2023+A3+%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-barycenter-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-barycenter_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-barycenter_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-barycenter_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHorizons_output" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/JPL_Horizons_On-Line_Ephemeris_System" title="JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System">Horizons</a> output. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&COMMAND=%272023+A3%27&TABLE_TYPE=%27ELEMENTS%27&START_TIME=%271800-01-01%27&STOP_TIME=%272200-01-01%27&STEP_SIZE=%27400%20years%27&CENTER=%27@0%27&OUT_UNITS=%27AU-D%27">"Barycentric Osculating Orbital Elements for Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Barycentric+Osculating+Orbital+Elements+for+Comet+C%2F2023+A3+%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29&rft.au=Horizons+output&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fssd.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fhorizons_batch.cgi%3Fbatch%3D1%26COMMAND%3D%25272023%2BA3%2527%26TABLE_TYPE%3D%2527ELEMENTS%2527%26START_TIME%3D%25271800-01-01%2527%26STOP_TIME%3D%25272200-01-01%2527%26STEP_SIZE%3D%2527400%2520years%2527%26CENTER%3D%2527%400%2527%26OUT_UNITS%3D%2527AU-D%2527&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AC%2F2023+A3+%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29" class="Z3988"></span> (Solution using the Solar System's <a href="/wiki/Barycenter" class="mw-redirect" title="Barycenter">barycenter</a> (Sun+Jupiter). Select Ephemeris Type:Elements and Center:@0)<br />Epoch 1800 was PR= 3.6E+9 / 365.25 days = millions of years</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jpl-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jpl_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jpl_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jpl_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2023A3">"C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup"</a>. <i>ssd.jpl.nasa.gov</i>. <a href="/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory" title="Jet Propulsion Laboratory">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230301094536/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2023A3">Archived</a> from the original on 1 March 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ssd.jpl.nasa.gov&rft.atitle=C%2F2023+A3+%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29+%E2%80%93+JPL+Small-Body+Database+Lookup&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fssd.jpl.nasa.gov%2Ftools%2Fsbdb_lookup.html%23%2F%3Fsstr%3D2023A3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AC%2F2023+A3+%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Perihelion-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Perihelion_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Perihelion_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&COMMAND=%272023+A3%27&START_TIME=%272024-Sep-27%2017:00%27&STOP_TIME=%272024-Sep-27%2019:00%27&STEP_SIZE=%27300%27&QUANTITIES=%2719,22,39%27&CENTER=%27@Sun%27">"Horizons Batch for C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) on 2024-Sep-27"</a> (Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive). <a href="/wiki/JPL_Horizons_On-Line_Ephemeris_System" title="JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System">JPL Horizons</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230404054043/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&COMMAND=%272023+A3%27&START_TIME=%272024-Sep-27%2006:00%27&STOP_TIME=%272024-Sep-28%27&STEP_SIZE=%2730%20minutes%27&QUANTITIES=%2719,22,39%27&CENTER=%27@Sun%27">Archived</a> from the original on 4 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Horizons+Batch+for+C%2F2023+A3+%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29+on+2024-Sep-27&rft.pub=JPL+Horizons&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fssd.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fhorizons_batch.cgi%3Fbatch%3D1%26COMMAND%3D%25272023%2BA3%2527%26START_TIME%3D%25272024-Sep-27%252017%3A00%2527%26STOP_TIME%3D%25272024-Sep-27%252019%3A00%2527%26STEP_SIZE%3D%2527300%2527%26QUANTITIES%3D%252719%2C22%2C39%2527%26CENTER%3D%2527%40Sun%2527&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AC%2F2023+A3+%28Tsuchinshan%E2%80%93ATLAS%29" class="Z3988"></span> Perihelion as defined at epoch 2024-Sep-01 is <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&COMMAND=%272023+A3%27&TABLE_TYPE=%27ELEMENTS%27&START_TIME=%272024-09-01%27&STOP_TIME=%272024-09-02%27&STEP_SIZE=%271%20month%27&CENTER=%27@Sun%27&OUT_UNITS=%27AU-D%27">QR= 3.91402E-01</a> (0.3914 AU).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPCORB/AllCometEls.txt">"MPC Orbit (MPCORB) database – AllComet"</a>. <i>Minor Planet Center</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/rare-comet-in-the-sky-won-t-return-for-800-centuries/ar-AA1sjNtl">the original</a> on 15 October 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comet_nucleus" title="Comet nucleus">Nucleus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coma_(cometary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coma (cometary)">Coma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_tail" title="Comet tail">Tails</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antitail" class="mw-redirect" title="Antitail">Antitail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_dust" title="Comet dust">Comet dust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteor_shower" title="Meteor shower">Meteor shower</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hyakutake_Color.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)"><img alt="Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/67P_Churyumov-Gerasimenko_-_Rosetta_%2832755885495%29.png/150px-67P_Churyumov-Gerasimenko_-_Rosetta_%2832755885495%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/67P_Churyumov-Gerasimenko_-_Rosetta_%2832755885495%29.png/200px-67P_Churyumov-Gerasimenko_-_Rosetta_%2832755885495%29.png 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="3200" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Comet#Orbital_characteristics" title="Comet">Types</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_periodic_comets" title="List of periodic comets">Periodic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_numbered_comets" title="List of numbered comets">Numbered</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_comet" title="Lost comet">Lost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_long-period_comets" title="List of long-period comets">Long period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Halley-type_comets" title="List of Halley-type comets">Halley-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jupiter-family_comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter-family comet">Jupiter-family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Encke-type_comets" title="Category:Encke-type comets">Encke-type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Active_asteroid" title="Active asteroid">Main-belt</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_non-periodic_comets" class="mw-redirect" title="List of non-periodic comets">Non-periodic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_near-parabolic_comets" title="List of near-parabolic comets">Near-parabolic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hyperbolic_comets" title="List of hyperbolic comets">Hyperbolic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_comets_with_no_meaningful_orbit" title="List of comets with no meaningful orbit">Unknown-orbit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_comet" title="Great comet">Great Comet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungrazing_comet" title="Sungrazing comet">Sungrazing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kreutz_sungrazer" title="Kreutz sungrazer">Kreutz</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extinct_comet" title="Extinct comet">Extinct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exocomet" title="Exocomet">Exocomet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstellar_object" title="Interstellar object">Interstellar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naming_of_comets" title="Naming of comets">Naming of comets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Observational_history_of_comets" title="Observational history of comets">Observational history of comets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur_(minor_planet)#Similarities_to_comets" class="mw-redirect" title="Centaur (minor planet)">Centaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Discoverers_of_comets" title="Category:Discoverers of comets">Comet discoverers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_comets_discovered_by_the_LINEAR_project" title="List of comets discovered by the LINEAR project">LINEAR</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_atmosphere" title="Extraterrestrial atmosphere">Extraterrestrial atmosphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oort_cloud" title="Oort cloud">Oort cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Solar_System_body" title="Small Solar System body">Small Solar System body</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">Asteroid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Exploration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missions_to_comets" title="List of missions to comets">List of missions to comets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_comets_visited_by_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="List of comets visited by spacecraft">List of comets visited by spacecraft</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Latest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2024_S1_(ATLAS)" title="C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)">C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2024_G3_(ATLAS)" title="C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)">C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_P1_(Nishimura)" title="C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)">C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_H2_(Lemmon)" title="C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)">C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_E1_(ATLAS)" title="C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)">C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF)" title="C/2022 E3 (ZTF)">C/2022 E3 (ZTF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_O3_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)">C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_J1_(Maury-Attard)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard)">C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_A1_(Leonard)" title="C/2021 A1 (Leonard)">C/2021 A1 (Leonard)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F8_(SWAN)" title="C/2020 F8 (SWAN)">C/2020 F8 (SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F5_(MASTER)" title="C/2020 F5 (MASTER)">C/2020 F5 (MASTER)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_NEOWISE" title="Comet NEOWISE">C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_Y4_(ATLAS)" title="C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)">C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_Y1_(ATLAS)" title="C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS)">C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_U6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)">C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2I/Borisov" title="2I/Borisov">2I/Borisov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P/2019_LD2_(ATLAS)" title="P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS)">P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_Y1_(Iwamoto)" title="C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)">C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_C2_(Lemmon)" title="C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)">C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2017_U7" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2017 U7">C/2017 U7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2017_K2_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)">C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2016_U1_(NEOWISE)" title="C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)">C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_V2_(Johnson)" title="C/2015 V2 (Johnson)">C/2015 V2 (Johnson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_G2_(MASTER)" title="C/2015 G2 (MASTER)">C/2015 G2 (MASTER)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_ER61_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)">C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_UN271_(Bernardinelli%E2%80%93Bernstein)" title="C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein)">C/2014 UN<sub>271</sub> (Bernardinelli–Bernstein)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)">C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q1_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)">C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Culture and<br />speculation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antimatter_comet" title="Antimatter comet">Antimatter comet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comets_in_fiction" title="Comets in fiction">Comets in fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_vintages" title="Comet vintages">Comet vintages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div id="Lists_of_comets_(more)119" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_comets" title="Lists of comets">Lists of comets</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_comets" title="Category:Lists of comets">more</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_numbered_comets" title="List of numbered comets">Periodic<br />comets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Until 1985<br />(all)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet" title="Halley's Comet">1P/Halley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Encke" title="Comet Encke">2P/Encke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biela%27s_Comet" title="Biela's Comet">3D/Biela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4P/Faye" title="4P/Faye">4P/Faye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5D/Brorsen" title="5D/Brorsen">5D/Brorsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6P/d%27Arrest" title="6P/d'Arrest">6P/d'Arrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7P/Pons%E2%80%93Winnecke" title="7P/Pons–Winnecke">7P/Pons–Winnecke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8P/Tuttle" title="8P/Tuttle">8P/Tuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tempel_1" title="Tempel 1">9P/Tempel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10P/Tempel" title="10P/Tempel">10P/Tempel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11P/Tempel%E2%80%93Swift%E2%80%93LINEAR" title="11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR">11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12P/Pons%E2%80%93Brooks" title="12P/Pons–Brooks">12P/Pons–Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13P/Olbers" title="13P/Olbers">13P/Olbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14P/Wolf" title="14P/Wolf">14P/Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15P/Finlay" title="15P/Finlay">15P/Finlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16P/Brooks" title="16P/Brooks">16P/Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Holmes" title="Comet Holmes">17P/Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18D/Perrine%E2%80%93Mrkos" title="18D/Perrine–Mrkos">18D/Perrine–Mrkos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19P/Borrelly" title="19P/Borrelly">19P/Borrelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20D/Westphal" title="20D/Westphal">20D/Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21P/Giacobini%E2%80%93Zinner" title="21P/Giacobini–Zinner">21P/Giacobini–Zinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22P/Kopff" title="22P/Kopff">22P/Kopff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23P/Brorsen%E2%80%93Metcalf" title="23P/Brorsen–Metcalf">23P/Brorsen–Metcalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24P/Schaumasse" title="24P/Schaumasse">24P/Schaumasse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25D/Neujmin" title="25D/Neujmin">25D/Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26P/Grigg%E2%80%93Skjellerup" title="26P/Grigg–Skjellerup">26P/Grigg–Skjellerup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27P/Crommelin" title="27P/Crommelin">27P/Crommelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28P/Neujmin" title="28P/Neujmin">28P/Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29P/Schwassmann%E2%80%93Wachmann" title="29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann">29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30P/Reinmuth" title="30P/Reinmuth">30P/Reinmuth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31P/Schwassmann%E2%80%93Wachmann" title="31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann">31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32P/Comas_Sol%C3%A0" title="32P/Comas Solà">32P/Comas Solà</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33P/Daniel" title="33P/Daniel">33P/Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34D/Gale" title="34D/Gale">34D/Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35P/Herschel%E2%80%93Rigollet" title="35P/Herschel–Rigollet">35P/Herschel–Rigollet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36P/Whipple" title="36P/Whipple">36P/Whipple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37P/Forbes" title="37P/Forbes">37P/Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38P/Stephan%E2%80%93Oterma" title="38P/Stephan–Oterma">38P/Stephan–Oterma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39P/Oterma" title="39P/Oterma">39P/Oterma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40P/V%C3%A4is%C3%A4l%C3%A4" title="40P/Väisälä">40P/Väisälä</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41P/Tuttle%E2%80%93Giacobini%E2%80%93Kres%C3%A1k" title="41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák">41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42P/Neujmin" title="42P/Neujmin">42P/Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43P/Wolf%E2%80%93Harrington" title="43P/Wolf–Harrington">43P/Wolf–Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44P/Reinmuth" title="44P/Reinmuth">44P/Reinmuth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45P/Honda%E2%80%93Mrkos%E2%80%93Pajdu%C5%A1%C3%A1kov%C3%A1" title="45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková">45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46P/Wirtanen" title="46P/Wirtanen">46P/Wirtanen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47P/Ashbrook%E2%80%93Jackson" title="47P/Ashbrook–Jackson">47P/Ashbrook–Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48P/Johnson" title="48P/Johnson">48P/Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49P/Arend%E2%80%93Rigaux" title="49P/Arend–Rigaux">49P/Arend–Rigaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50P/Arend" title="50P/Arend">50P/Arend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51P/Harrington" title="51P/Harrington">51P/Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52P/Harrington%E2%80%93Abell" title="52P/Harrington–Abell">52P/Harrington–Abell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53P/Van_Biesbroeck" title="53P/Van Biesbroeck">53P/Van Biesbroeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54P/de_Vico%E2%80%93Swift%E2%80%93NEAT" title="54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT">54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55P/Tempel%E2%80%93Tuttle" title="55P/Tempel–Tuttle">55P/Tempel–Tuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56P/Slaughter%E2%80%93Burnham" title="56P/Slaughter–Burnham">56P/Slaughter–Burnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57P/du_Toit%E2%80%93Neujmin%E2%80%93Delporte" title="57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte">57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58P/Jackson%E2%80%93Neujmin" title="58P/Jackson–Neujmin">58P/Jackson–Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59P/Kearns%E2%80%93Kwee" title="59P/Kearns–Kwee">59P/Kearns–Kwee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60P/Tsuchinshan" title="60P/Tsuchinshan">60P/Tsuchinshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61P/Shajn%E2%80%93Schaldach" title="61P/Shajn–Schaldach">61P/Shajn–Schaldach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62P/Tsuchinshan" title="62P/Tsuchinshan">62P/Tsuchinshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63P/Wild" title="63P/Wild">63P/Wild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64P/Swift%E2%80%93Gehrels" title="64P/Swift–Gehrels">64P/Swift–Gehrels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65P/Gunn" title="65P/Gunn">65P/Gunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66P/du_Toit" title="66P/du Toit">66P/du Toit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko" title="67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko">67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68P/Klemola" title="68P/Klemola">68P/Klemola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69P/Taylor" title="69P/Taylor">69P/Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70P/Kojima" title="70P/Kojima">70P/Kojima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71P/Clark" title="71P/Clark">71P/Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72P/Denning%E2%80%93Fujikawa" title="72P/Denning–Fujikawa">72P/Denning–Fujikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73P/Schwassmann%E2%80%93Wachmann" title="73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann">73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74P/Smirnova%E2%80%93Chernykh" title="74P/Smirnova–Chernykh">74P/Smirnova–Chernykh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75D/Kohoutek" title="75D/Kohoutek">75D/Kohoutek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76P/West%E2%80%93Kohoutek%E2%80%93Ikemura" title="76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura">76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77P/Longmore" title="77P/Longmore">77P/Longmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78P/Gehrels" title="78P/Gehrels">78P/Gehrels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79P/du_Toit%E2%80%93Hartley" title="79P/du Toit–Hartley">79P/du Toit–Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80P/Peters%E2%80%93Hartley" title="80P/Peters–Hartley">80P/Peters–Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81P/Wild" title="81P/Wild">81P/Wild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82P/Gehrels" title="82P/Gehrels">82P/Gehrels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/83D/Russell" title="83D/Russell">83D/Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84P/Giclas" title="84P/Giclas">84P/Giclas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85D/Boethin" title="85D/Boethin">85D/Boethin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">After 1985<br />(notable)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/88P/Howell" title="88P/Howell">88P/Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92P/Sanguin" title="92P/Sanguin">92P/Sanguin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96P/Machholz" title="96P/Machholz">96P/Machholz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97P/Metcalf%E2%80%93Brewington" title="97P/Metcalf–Brewington">97P/Metcalf–Brewington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/103P/Hartley" title="103P/Hartley">103P/Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4015_Wilson%E2%80%93Harrington" title="4015 Wilson–Harrington">107P/Wilson–Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/108P/Ciffr%C3%A9o" title="108P/Ciffréo">108P/Ciffréo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Swift%E2%80%93Tuttle" title="Comet Swift–Tuttle">109P/Swift–Tuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122P/de_Vico" title="122P/de Vico">122P/de Vico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/126P/IRAS" title="126P/IRAS">126P/IRAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/141P/Machholz" title="141P/Machholz">141P/Machholz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/144P/Kushida" title="144P/Kushida">144P/Kushida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/147P/Kushida%E2%80%93Muramatsu" title="147P/Kushida–Muramatsu">147P/Kushida–Muramatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/153P/Ikeya%E2%80%93Zhang" title="153P/Ikeya–Zhang">153P/Ikeya–Zhang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/156P/Russell%E2%80%93LINEAR" title="156P/Russell–LINEAR">156P/Russell–LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/161P/Hartley%E2%80%93IRAS" title="161P/Hartley–IRAS">161P/Hartley–IRAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/162P/Siding_Spring" title="162P/Siding Spring">162P/Siding Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/168P/Hergenrother" title="168P/Hergenrother">168P/Hergenrother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/169P/NEAT" title="169P/NEAT">169P/NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/177P/Barnard" title="177P/Barnard">177P/Barnard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/178P/Hug%E2%80%93Bell" title="178P/Hug–Bell">178P/Hug–Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/205P/Giacobini" title="205P/Giacobini">205P/Giacobini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/209P/LINEAR" title="209P/LINEAR">209P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/238P/Read" title="238P/Read">238P/Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/246P/NEAT" title="246P/NEAT">246P/NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/249P/LINEAR" title="249P/LINEAR">249P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/252P/LINEAR" title="252P/LINEAR">252P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/255P/Levy" title="255P/Levy">255P/Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/273P/Pons%E2%80%93Gambart" title="273P/Pons–Gambart">273P/Pons–Gambart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/289P/Blanpain" title="289P/Blanpain">289P/Blanpain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311P/PanSTARRS" title="311P/PanSTARRS">311P/PanSTARRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/322P/SOHO" title="322P/SOHO">322P/SOHO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/323P/SOHO" title="323P/SOHO">323P/SOHO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/332P/Ikeya%E2%80%93Murakami" title="332P/Ikeya–Murakami">332P/Ikeya–Murakami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/333P/LINEAR" title="333P/LINEAR">333P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354P/LINEAR" title="354P/LINEAR">354P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/(457175)_2008_GO98" title="(457175) 2008 GO98">362P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/460P/PanSTARRS" title="460P/PanSTARRS">460P/PanSTARRS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Asteroid#Terminology" title="Asteroid">Comet-like<br />asteroids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/596_Scheila" title="596 Scheila">596 Scheila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2060_Chiron" title="2060 Chiron">2060 Chiron</a> (95P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4015_Wilson%E2%80%93Harrington" title="4015 Wilson–Harrington">4015 Wilson–Harrington</a> (107P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7968_Elst%E2%80%93Pizarro" title="7968 Elst–Pizarro">7968 Elst–Pizarro</a> (133P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/165P/LINEAR" title="165P/LINEAR">165P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/166P/NEAT" title="166P/NEAT">166P/NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/167P/CINEOS" title="167P/CINEOS">167P/CINEOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60558_Echeclus" title="60558 Echeclus">60558 Echeclus</a> (174P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/118401_LINEAR" title="118401 LINEAR">118401 LINEAR</a> (176P)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/238P/Read" title="238P/Read">238P/Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/259P/Garradd" title="259P/Garradd">259P/Garradd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311P/PanSTARRS" title="311P/PanSTARRS">311P/PanSTARRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/324P/La_Sagra" title="324P/La Sagra">324P/La Sagra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/331P/Gibbs" title="331P/Gibbs">331P/Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354P/LINEAR" title="354P/LINEAR">354P/LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/358P/PANSTARRS" class="mw-redirect" title="358P/PANSTARRS">358P/PANSTARRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P/2013_R3_(Catalina-PANSTARRS)" class="mw-redirect" title="P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS)">P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/(300163)_2006_VW139" title="(300163) 2006 VW139">(300163) 2006 VW139</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Lost_comet" title="Lost comet">Lost</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Recovered</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9P/Tempel" class="mw-redirect" title="9P/Tempel">9P/Tempel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11P/Tempel%E2%80%93Swift%E2%80%93LINEAR" title="11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR">11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15P/Finlay" title="15P/Finlay">15P/Finlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Holmes" title="Comet Holmes">17P/Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27P/Crommelin" title="27P/Crommelin">27P/Crommelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54P/de_Vico%E2%80%93Swift%E2%80%93NEAT" title="54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT">54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55P/Tempel%E2%80%93Tuttle" title="55P/Tempel–Tuttle">55P/Tempel–Tuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57P/du_Toit%E2%80%93Neujmin%E2%80%93Delporte" title="57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte">57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69P/Taylor" title="69P/Taylor">69P/Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72P/Denning%E2%80%93Fujikawa" title="72P/Denning–Fujikawa">72P/Denning–Fujikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80P/Peters%E2%80%93Hartley" title="80P/Peters–Hartley">80P/Peters–Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97P/Metcalf%E2%80%93Brewington" title="97P/Metcalf–Brewington">97P/Metcalf–Brewington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4015_Wilson%E2%80%93Harrington" title="4015 Wilson–Harrington">107P/Wilson–Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/113P/Spitaler" title="113P/Spitaler">113P/Spitaler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122P/de_Vico" title="122P/de Vico">122P/de Vico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/157P/Tritton" title="157P/Tritton">157P/Tritton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/205P/Giacobini" title="205P/Giacobini">205P/Giacobini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/206P/Barnard%E2%80%93Boattini" title="206P/Barnard–Boattini">206P/Barnard–Boattini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/226P/Pigott%E2%80%93LINEAR%E2%80%93Kowalski" title="226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski">226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/271P/van_Houten%E2%80%93Lemmon" title="271P/van Houten–Lemmon">271P/van Houten–Lemmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/289P/Blanpain" title="289P/Blanpain">289P/Blanpain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Destroyed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biela%27s_Comet" title="Biela's Comet">3D/Biela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker%E2%80%93Levy_9" title="Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9">D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker–Levy 9)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Not found</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lexell%27s_Comet" title="Lexell's Comet">D/1770 L1 (Lexell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5D/Brorsen" title="5D/Brorsen">5D/Brorsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18D/Perrine%E2%80%93Mrkos" title="18D/Perrine–Mrkos">18D/Perrine–Mrkos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20D/Westphal" title="20D/Westphal">20D/Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25D/Neujmin" title="25D/Neujmin">25D/Neujmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34D/Gale" title="34D/Gale">34D/Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75D/Kohoutek" title="75D/Kohoutek">75D/Kohoutek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/83D/Russell" title="83D/Russell">83D/Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85D/Boethin" title="85D/Boethin">85D/Boethin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft#List_of_comets_visited_by_spacecraft" title="List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft">Visited by<br />spacecraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/21P/Giacobini%E2%80%93Zinner" title="21P/Giacobini–Zinner">21P/Giacobini–Zinner</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet" title="Halley's Comet">1P/Halley</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/26P/Grigg%E2%80%93Skjellerup" title="26P/Grigg–Skjellerup">26P/Grigg–Skjellerup</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/19P/Borrelly" title="19P/Borrelly">19P/Borrelly</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/81P/Wild" title="81P/Wild">81P/Wild</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tempel_1" title="Tempel 1">9P/Tempel</a> (2005, 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught" title="Comet McNaught">C/2006 P1</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/103P/Hartley" title="103P/Hartley">103P/Hartley</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko" title="67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko">67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko</a> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_near-parabolic_comets" title="List of near-parabolic comets">Near-Parabolic<br />comets<br />(notable)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Until 1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caesar%27s_Comet" title="Caesar's Comet">C/-43 K1 (Caesar's Comet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X/1106_C1" title="X/1106 C1">X/1106 C1 (Great Comet of 1106)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1264" title="Great Comet of 1264">C/1264 N1 (Great Comet of 1264)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1402" title="Great Comet of 1402">C/1402 D1 (Great Comet of 1402)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1472" title="Great Comet of 1472">C/1471 Y1 (Great Comet of 1472)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1577" title="Great Comet of 1577">C/1577 V1 (Great Comet of 1577)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1652_Y1" title="C/1652 Y1">C/1652 Y1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1680" title="Great Comet of 1680">C/1680 V1 (Great Comet of 1680, Kirsch's Comet, Newton's Comet)</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1702_H1" title="C/1702 H1">C/1702 H1 (Comet of 1702)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_of_1729" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet of 1729">C/1729 P1 (Comet of 1729, Comet Sarabat)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1744" title="Great Comet of 1744">C/1743 X1 (Great Comet of 1744, Comet Klinkenberg-Chéseaux)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1760_A1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1760 A1">C/1760 A1 (Great Comet of 1760)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1769_P1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1769 P1">C/1769 P1 (Great Comet of 1769)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1807_R1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1807 R1">C/1807 R1 (Great Comet of 1807)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1811" title="Great Comet of 1811">C/1811 F1 (Great Comet of 1811)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1819" title="Great Comet of 1819">C/1819 N1 (Great Comet of 1819)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1823" title="Great Comet of 1823">C/1823 Y1 (Great Comet of 1823)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1843" title="Great Comet of 1843">C/1843 D1 (Great March Comet of 1843)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1847_T1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1847 T1">C/1847 T1 (Miss Mitchell's Comet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Donati" title="Comet Donati">C/1858 L1 (Comet Donati)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1861_G1_(Thatcher)" title="C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)">C/1861 G1 (Comet Thatcher)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1861_J1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1861 J1">C/1861 J1 (Great Comet of 1861)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1865_B1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1865 B1">C/1865 B1 (Great Southern Comet of 1865)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X/1872_X1" class="mw-redirect" title="X/1872 X1">X/1872 X1 (Pogson's Comet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1874_H1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1874 H1">C/1874 H1 (Comet Coggia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1881_K1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1881 K1">C/1881 K1 (Comet Tebbutt)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1882" title="Great Comet of 1882">C/1882 R1 (Great Comet of 1882)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Southern_Comet_of_1887" title="Great Southern Comet of 1887">C/1887 B1 (Great Southern Comet of 1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1901" title="Great Comet of 1901">C/1901 G1 (Great Comet of 1901)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_January_Comet_of_1910" title="Great January Comet of 1910">C/1910 A1 (Great January Comet of 1910)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1911_O1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1911 O1">C/1911 O1 (Brooks)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1911_S3" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1911 S3">C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Skjellerup%E2%80%93Maristany" title="Comet Skjellerup–Maristany">C/1927 X1 (Skjellerup–Maristany)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1931_P1_(Ryves)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1931 P1 (Ryves)">C/1931 P1 (Ryves)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1941_B2_(de_Kock-Paraskevopoulos)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)">C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1947_X1_(Southern_Comet)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1947 X1 (Southern Comet)">C/1947 X1 (Southern Comet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1948_V1" title="C/1948 V1">C/1948 V1 (Eclipse)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Arend%E2%80%93Roland" title="Comet Arend–Roland">C/1956 R1 (Arend–Roland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1957_P1_(Mrkos)" title="C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)">C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1961_O1_(Wilson-Hubbard)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)">C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1961_O1_(Wilson-Hubbard)" class="extiw" title="de:C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Humason" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Humason">C/1961 R1 (Humason)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1962_C1_(Seki-Lines)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)">C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1963_A1_(Ikeya)" title="C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)">C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Pereyra" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Pereyra">C/1963 R1 (Pereyra)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1964_N1_(Ikeya)" title="C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)">C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Ikeya%E2%80%93Seki" title="Comet Ikeya–Seki">C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1969_T1_(Tago-Sato-Kosaka)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)">C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1969_T1_(Tago-Sato-Kosaka)" class="extiw" title="de:C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Bennett" title="Comet Bennett">C/1969 Y1 (Bennett)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_White%E2%80%93Ortiz%E2%80%93Bolelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli">C/1970 K1 (White–Ortiz–Bolelli)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Kohoutek" title="Comet Kohoutek">C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_West" title="Comet West">C/1975 V1 (West)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1980_E1_(Bowell)" title="C/1980 E1 (Bowell)">C/1980 E1 (Bowell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_IRAS%E2%80%93Araki%E2%80%93Alcock" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock">C/1983 H1 (IRAS–Araki–Alcock)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1989_W1_(Aarseth-Brewington)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington)">C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1989_X1_(Austin)" title="C/1989 X1 (Austin)">C/1989 X1 (Austin)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Skorichenko%E2%80%93George" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Skorichenko–George">C/1989 Y1 (Skorichenko–George)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">After 1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1990_K1_(Levy)" title="C/1990 K1 (Levy)">C/1990 K1 (Levy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1992_J1_(Spacewatch)" title="C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch)">C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch–Rabinowitz)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught%E2%80%93Russell" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet McNaught–Russell">C/1993 Y1 (McNaught–Russell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp" title="Comet Hale–Bopp">C/1995 O1 (Hale–Bopp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hyakutake" title="Comet Hyakutake">C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Zhu%E2%80%93Balam" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Zhu–Balam">C/1997 L1 (Zhu–Balam)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Stonehouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Stonehouse">C/1998 H1 (Stonehouse)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/1998_J1_(SOHO)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C/1998 J1 (SOHO) (page does not exist)">C/1998 J1 (SOHO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1999_F1_(Catalina)" title="C/1999 F1 (Catalina)">C/1999 F1 (Catalina)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1999_S4_(LINEAR)" title="C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)">C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2000_WM1_(LINEAR)" title="C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)">C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_A2_(LINEAR)" title="C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)">C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_OG108" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2001 OG108">C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_Q4_(NEAT)" title="C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)">C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2002_T7" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2002 T7">C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2002_V1_(NEAT)" title="C/2002 V1 (NEAT)">C/2002 V1 (NEAT)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2004_F4_(Bradfield)" title="C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)">C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Machholz" title="Comet Machholz">C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Pojma%C5%84ski" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Pojmański">C/2006 A1 (Pojmański)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2006_M4_(SWAN)" title="C/2006 M4 (SWAN)">C/2006 M4 (SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught" title="Comet McNaught">C/2006 P1 (McNaught)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_E2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)">C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2007 F1">C/2007 F1 (LONEOS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Lulin" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Lulin">C/2007 N3 (Lulin)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_Q3_(Siding_Spring)" title="C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)">C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_W1_(Boattini)" title="C/2007 W1 (Boattini)">C/2007 W1 (Boattini)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Yi%E2%80%93SWAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Yi–SWAN">C/2009 F6 (Yi–SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2009_R1_(McNaught)" title="C/2009 R1 (McNaught)">C/2009 R1 (McNaught)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2010_X1_(Elenin)" title="C/2010 X1 (Elenin)">C/2010 X1 (Elenin)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2011_L4" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2011 L4">C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2011_W3_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)">C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_E2_(SWAN)" title="C/2012 E2 (SWAN)">C/2012 E2 (SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_F6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)">C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_K1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2012 K1">C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_ISON" title="Comet ISON">C/2012 S1 (ISON)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_A1_(Siding_Spring)" title="C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)">C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_R1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2013 R1">C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_US10_(Catalina)" title="C/2013 US10 (Catalina)">C/2013 US10 (Catalina)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_V5_(Oukaimeden)" title="C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)">C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_E2_(Jacques)" title="C/2014 E2 (Jacques)">C/2014 E2 (Jacques)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q1_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)">C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)">C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_ER61_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)">C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_V2_(Johnson)" title="C/2015 V2 (Johnson)">C/2015 V2 (Johnson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2017_K2_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)">C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua" title="ʻOumuamua">1I/2017 U1 ʻOumuamua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_Y1_(Iwamoto)" title="C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)">C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2I/Borisov" title="2I/Borisov">2I/Borisov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_U6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)">C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_Y4_(ATLAS)" title="C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)">C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)">C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F8_(SWAN)" title="C/2020 F8 (SWAN)">C/2020 F8 (SWAN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_A1_(Leonard)" title="C/2021 A1 (Leonard)">C/2021 A1 (Leonard)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF)" title="C/2022 E3 (ZTF)">C/2022 E3 (ZTF)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_P1_(Nishimura)" title="C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)">C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">After 1910<br />(by name)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1989_W1_(Aarseth-Brewington)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington)">Aarseth-Brewington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Arend%E2%80%93Roland" title="Comet Arend–Roland">Arend–Roland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1989_X1_(Austin)" title="C/1989 X1 (Austin)">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1911_S3" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1911 S3">Beljawsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Bennett" title="Comet Bennett">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_W1_(Boattini)" title="C/2007 W1 (Boattini)">Boattini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2I/Borisov" title="2I/Borisov">Borisov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1980_E1_(Bowell)" title="C/1980 E1 (Bowell)">Bowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2004_F4_(Bradfield)" title="C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)">Bradfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1911_O1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1911 O1">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey">Catalina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1999_F1_(Catalina)" title="C/1999 F1 (Catalina)">C/1999 F1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_US10" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2013 US10">C/2013 US10</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1941_B2_(de_Kock-Paraskevopoulos)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos)">de Kock–Paraskevopoulos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1948_V1" title="C/1948 V1">Eclipse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2010_X1_(Elenin)" title="C/2010 X1 (Elenin)">Elenin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp" title="Comet Hale–Bopp">Hale-Bopp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Humason" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Humason">Humason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Hyakutake" title="Comet Hyakutake">Hyakutake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaoru_Ikeya" title="Kaoru Ikeya">Ikeya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1963_A1_(Ikeya)" title="C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)">C/1963 A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1964_N1_(Ikeya)" title="C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)">C/1964 N1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Ikeya%E2%80%93Seki" title="Comet Ikeya–Seki">Ikeya-Seki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_IRAS%E2%80%93Araki%E2%80%93Alcock" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock">IRAS–Araki–Alcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_ISON" title="Comet ISON">ISON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_Y1_(Iwamoto)" title="C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)">Iwamoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_E2_(Jacques)" title="C/2014 E2 (Jacques)">Jacques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_V2_(Johnson)" title="C/2015 V2 (Johnson)">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Kohoutek" title="Comet Kohoutek">Kohoutek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Lemmon_Observatory" title="Mount Lemmon Observatory">Lemmon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_F6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)">C/2012 F6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2018_C2_(Lemmon)" title="C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)">C/2018 C2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2019_U6_(Lemmon)" title="C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)">C/2019 U6</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_A1_(Leonard)" title="C/2021 A1 (Leonard)">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1990_K1_(Levy)" title="C/1990 K1 (Levy)">Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Near-Earth_Asteroid_Research" title="Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research">LINEAR</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/1999_S4_(LINEAR)" title="C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)">C/1999 S4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2000_WM1_(LINEAR)" title="C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)">C/2000 WM1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_A2_(LINEAR)" title="C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)">C/2001 A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2002_T7" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2002 T7">C/2002 T7</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Observatory_Near-Earth-Object_Search" title="Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search">LONEOS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_OG108" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2001 OG108">C/2001 OG108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2007 F1">C/2007 F1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Lovejoy" title="Terry Lovejoy">Lovejoy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_E2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)">C/2007 E2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2011_W3_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)">C/2011 W3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_R1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2013 R1">C/2013 R1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q2_(Lovejoy)" title="C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)">C/2014 Q2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Lulin" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Lulin">Lulin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Machholz" title="Comet Machholz">Machholz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._McNaught" title="Robert H. McNaught">McNaught</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught" title="Comet McNaught">C/2006 P1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2009_R1_(McNaught)" title="C/2009 R1 (McNaught)">C/2009 R1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_McNaught%E2%80%93Russell" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet McNaught–Russell">McNaught–Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1957_P1_(Mrkos)" title="C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)">Mrkos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_Asteroid_Tracking" title="Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking">NEAT</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2001_Q4_(NEAT)" title="C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)">C/2001 Q4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2002_V1_(NEAT)" title="C/2002 V1 (NEAT)">C/2002 V1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_NEOWISE" title="Comet NEOWISE">NEOWISE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_P1_(Nishimura)" title="C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)">Nishimura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_V5_(Oukaimeden)" title="C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)">Oukaimeden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua" title="ʻOumuamua">ʻOumuamua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-STARRS" title="Pan-STARRS">Pan-STARRS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2011_L4" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2011 L4">C/2011 L4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_K1" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2012 K1">C/2012 K1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311P/PanSTARRS" title="311P/PanSTARRS">311P/PanSTARRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2014_Q1_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)">C/2014 Q1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2015_ER61_(PanSTARRS)" title="C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS)">C/2015 ER61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2017_K2" class="mw-redirect" title="C/2017 K2">C/2017 K2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Pereyra" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Pereyra">Pereyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Pojma%C5%84ski" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Pojmański">Pojmański</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryves_Comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryves Comet">Ryves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1962_C1_(Seki-Lines)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)">Seki–Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siding_Spring_Observatory" title="Siding Spring Observatory">Siding Spring</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2007_Q3_(Siding_Spring)" title="C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)">C/2007 Q3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2013_A1_(Siding_Spring)" title="C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)">C/2013 A1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Skjellerup%E2%80%93Maristany" title="Comet Skjellerup–Maristany">Skjellerup–Maristany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Skorichenko%E2%80%93George" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Skorichenko–George">Skorichenko–George</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=C/1998_J1_(SOHO)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C/1998 J1 (SOHO) (page does not exist)">SOHO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1947_X1_(Southern_Comet)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1947 X1 (Southern Comet)">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1992_J1_(Spacewatch)" title="C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch)">Spacewatch–Rabinowitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Stonehouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Stonehouse">Stonehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_and_Heliospheric_Observatory#Instruments" title="Solar and Heliospheric Observatory">SWAN</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2006_M4_(SWAN)" title="C/2006 M4 (SWAN)">C/2006 M4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2012_E2_(SWAN)" title="C/2012 E2 (SWAN)">C/2012 E2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2020_F8_(SWAN)" title="C/2020 F8 (SWAN)">C/2020 F8</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1969_T1_(Tago-Sato-Kosaka)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)">Tago-Sato-Kosaka</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1969_T1_(Tago-Sato-Kosaka)" class="extiw" title="de:C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka)">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tsuchinshan–ATLAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_West" title="Comet West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_White%E2%80%93Ortiz%E2%80%93Bolelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli">White–Ortiz–Bolelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/1961_O1_(Wilson-Hubbard)" class="mw-redirect" title="C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)">Wilson–Hubbard</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1961_O1_(Wilson-Hubbard)" class="extiw" title="de:C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)">de</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Yi%E2%80%93SWAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Yi–SWAN">Yi–SWAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_Zhu%E2%80%93Balam" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet Zhu–Balam">Zhu–Balam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF)" title="C/2022 E3 (ZTF)">ZTF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png/188px-Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png/250px-Dinkinesh_First_Look_L%27LORRI.png 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="996" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Impact_event" title="Impact event">Impact events</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_CX1" title="2023 CX1">2023 CX<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">1</span></span></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Selected <a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_object" title="Near-Earth object">NEOs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_asteroid_close_approaches_to_Earth_in_2023" title="List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2023">Asteroid close approaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_AV" title="2023 AV">2023 AV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_BU" title="2023 BU">2023 BU</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(367789)_2011_AG5" title="(367789) 2011 AG5">(367789) 2011 AG<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">5</span></span></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_DW" title="2023 DW">2023 DW</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_DZ2" title="2023 DZ2">2023 DZ<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">2</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_GQ2" title="2023 GQ2">2023 GQ<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">2</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(164121)_2003_YT1" title="(164121) 2003 YT1">(164121) 2003 YT<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">1</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(341843)_2008_EV5" title="(341843) 2008 EV5">(341843) 2008 EV<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">5</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_FW13" title="2023 FW13">2023 FW<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">13</span></span></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discoveries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F200DB-045" title="F200DB-045">F200DB-045</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50000_Quaoar#Rings" class="mw-redirect" title="50000 Quaoar">Rings of Quaoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WISE_J0336%E2%88%920143" title="WISE J0336−0143">WISE J0336−0143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CEERS_1019_black_hole" class="mw-redirect" title="CEERS 1019 black hole">CEERS 1019 black hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UHZ1" title="UHZ1">UHZ1</a> quasar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volcanism_on_Venus" title="Volcanism on Venus">Volcanism on Venus</a> confirmation</li> <li>3 <a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Jupiter" title="Moons of Jupiter">moons of Jupiter</a></li> <li>63 <a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Saturn" title="Moons of Saturn">moons of Saturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SN_2023ixf" title="SN 2023ixf">SN 2023ixf</a> supernova in <a href="/wiki/Pinwheel_Galaxy" title="Pinwheel Galaxy">Pinwheel Galaxy</a> (M101)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SN_H0pe" title="SN H0pe">SN H0pe</a> supernova in Constellation <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a></li> <li>Phosphates <a href="/wiki/Enceladus#Potential_habitability" title="Enceladus">on Enceladus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravitational_wave_background#Detection" title="Gravitational wave background">Gravitational wave background detection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory#Results" title="IceCube Neutrino Observatory">Neutrino Milky Way map</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRB_230307A" title="GRB 230307A">GRB 230307A</a> Second-brightest <a href="/wiki/Gamma-ray_burst" title="Gamma-ray burst">gamma-ray burst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/152830_Dinkinesh" title="152830 Dinkinesh">152830 Dinkinesh</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Binary_asteroid" title="Binary asteroid">binary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major_III" title="Ursa Major III">Ursa Major III</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_exoplanets_discovered_in_2023" title="List of exoplanets discovered in 2023">Exoplanets</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Category:Exoplanets_discovered_in_2023" title="Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2023"><img alt="Exoplanets discovered in 2023" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/15px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/30px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_110067" title="HD 110067">HD 110067</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_110067_b" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 110067 b">b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_110067_c" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 110067 c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_110067_d" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 110067 d">d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_110067_e" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 110067 e">e</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_110067_f" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 110067 f">f</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_110067_g" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 110067 g">g</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LHS_475_b" title="LHS 475 b">LHS 475 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-672_b" title="TOI-672 b">TOI-672 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-700_e" title="TOI-700 e">TOI-700 e</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-3235_b" title="TOI-3235 b">TOI-3235 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-193b" title="WASP-193b">WASP-193b</a></li> <li>Silicates in <a href="/wiki/VHS_J1256%E2%80%931257_b" class="mw-redirect" title="VHS J1256–1257 b">VHS J1256–1257 b</a></li> <li>No atmosphere in <a href="/wiki/TRAPPIST-1b" title="TRAPPIST-1b">TRAPPIST-1b</a></li> <li>No atmosphere in <a href="/wiki/TRAPPIST-1c" title="TRAPPIST-1c">TRAPPIST-1c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K2-18b" title="K2-18b">K2-18b</a> of methane and carbon dioxide</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comets <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Category:Comets_in_2023" title="Category:Comets in 2023"><img alt="Comets in 2023" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/15px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/30px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF)" title="C/2022 E3 (ZTF)">C/2022 E3 (ZTF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96P/Machholz" title="96P/Machholz">96P/Machholz</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_E1_(ATLAS)" title="C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)">C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2021_T4_(Lemmon)" title="C/2021 T4 (Lemmon)">C/2021 T4 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_P1_(Nishimura)" title="C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)">C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/103P/Hartley" title="103P/Hartley">103P/Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2P/Encke" class="mw-redirect" title="2P/Encke">2P/Encke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C/2023_H2_(Lemmon)" title="C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)">C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62P/Tsuchinshan" title="62P/Tsuchinshan">62P/Tsuchinshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12P/Pons%E2%80%93Brooks" title="12P/Pons–Brooks">12P/Pons–Brooks</a> brightening multiple times</li></ul> 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